MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
elearning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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